The firm, hitherto overshadowed by its compatriot DP World, has forged numerous alliances with shipowners and commodities traders in recent months. It is now preparing to make offers for several African ports.
Frenchwoman Emmanuelle Garinet has been appointed vice president in charge of African exploration by TotalEnergies.
Until now mainly known as the adviser to Saudi prince Al Walid bin Talal, the Frenchman Kacy Grine has been helping the DRC government to negotiate a cooperation arrangement with Russia's Alrosa in the diamond sector.
One week before stepping down as the general coordinator of presidential affairs, Noureddin Bongo, the son of President Ali Bongo, obtained a diplomatic passport by decree on 6 September.
The Sierra Leonean authorities want to conclude negotiations with the junior NetOil by December for the allocation of eleven offshore blocks.
Emiral Resources, which wants to expand its gold operations in Africa, on 8 September obtained an exploration permit in Mauritania. Emiral Mining, its subsidiary there, had applied for the permit in August.
Thanks to funding from the African Development Bank (ADB), state-run Electricité du Mali (EDM) is looking for a consulting firm to carry out the feasibility study for a dam in Toubani.
Foreign affairs minister Alpha Barry sent French authorities a request for his former colleagues's accreditation at the beginning of September.
Specialising in engineering projects in conflict zones, CADG is set to carry out programmes for the Mozambican army.
With diplomatic relations with Algeria suspended since August, Morocco has been going ahead with changes to the arrangements for protecting the very strategic border with its neighbour, in part by conducting large-scale mine-clearing operations in order to recover farmable land.
Libya's representatives at the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations have been instructed to refrain from any mention of elections on 24 December. Najla al-Mangoush and Mohamed el-Menfi, both of whom until now had been favourable to the holding of these elections, have fallen into line behind PM Abdelhamid Dabaiba.
The Algeria Investment Conference being organised in November by Racim Benghanem's firm BG-ICC will be the first major business gathering to be held in Algiers since... 2016. But much will depend on the new investment code due to be unveiled a few days beforehand.